[SPAM] Re: Need a diagnosis!!!

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I think repeating things is a normal part of speech development, and

very young children just learning to talk will go through phases

where they do this. Our late talkers may also go through this phase

when they finally start talking, and this does not necessarily mean

they are autistic.

> >

> > Hey that is a good question - I would be quite interested

in that

> > answer myself. My autistic son does a LOT of echolalia

(repeating

> what he

> > has heard) and has little to no spontaneous speech or what his

> therapist

> > call functional speech. My youngest also " can " repeat, but does

use

> words

> > more appropriately - like saying " n kay " for are you ok when he

is

> hurt. Or

> > " oh no " when something happens....

> >

> > and the amazing zoocrew

>